Clarence Syvertson, 84: Led NASA Ames

摘要

Clarence "Sy" Syvertson, an aeronautical engineer who led NASA Ames Research Center from 1977 to 1984, died Sept. 13 at the age of 84.rnWhen Syvertson joined Ames in 1948, the Mountain View, Calif.-based research center was part of NASA's predecessor organization, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and was known as the Ames Aeronautical Laboratory.